On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Thufir wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Try doing that with > > RPMs. > > Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are > about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more > due redhat/ fedora using multiple "repo's" for liability/policy > reasons, not due to the superiority of portage over yum. My two > cents. > > > -Thufir
Mandrake/Mandriva has urpmi which handles RPM dependencies. Several times I've updated from one Mandriva release to the next by downloading the new release's package list then running "urpmi --auto-select". Once the many packages are downloaded, the upgrade goes very well. I used YUM for a while and it worked fine, though its dependency resolving was much slower than urpmi. Gentoo with portage makes it easier to stay up-to-date with the latest and greatest. The existence of /etc/portage/package.* provides lots of power to customize but adds a significant level of complexity. urpmi and YUM are easier to use as both lack the customizability and the associated complexity. Just my $0.02. David -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
